Hello!
The idea behind scan / install missing updates according to profile in use operations is to tackle use case when administrator is willing to speed up installation not waiting for the next scheduled installation round.
We were reluctant to introduce more installation operations (install critical security, install critical and important security, install all security, install non-security, etc.) not to overweight the operations list, yet use cases were not crystal clear. Could you elaborate what exact operations you would like to see and what use cases to resolve with their help.
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Alexander Nesterov
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Hello!
It's not a typical situation when operations get stuck at in progress state, so hope you will not suffer from handing operations messing the UI. Most likely it happened because operation's response sent by endpoint to backend got lost on it's way because of some reason. While operation canceling might be not the best solution because cannot be guaranteed in generic case (operation might be already executing by the client when administrator cancels it), we will consider automatic removal of operations handing for several weeks or month.
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Alexander Nesterov
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Hello!
There are several different flows when managing software updates and they definitely complement each other. The primary flow we focused on when introducing Software Updater is update centric, meaning managing updates from software updates tab. In this case missing update is the primary entity and information about particular computers is not a decision making factor. You just want to have certain update to be installed everywhere and that's it.
At the same time, computer details page is the best view for troubleshooting and analyzing why particular computers are not aligned with polices. I agree that's handy to be able to resolve found issues directly from computer details page once you are inside rather than switching to software updates tab and following the flow. We will consider this improvement for the next versions.
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Alexander Nesterov
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